The Brisbane Indian Times under new Management
The baton has changed hands at the helm of leadership in the only Newspaper that talks. The Brisbane Indian Times has been the hallmark of a beloved community Newspaper highlighting real issues for real people in a real world. In a courteous and gentlemen arrangement, outgoing Publisher and widely respected and renowned community champion Mr. Umesh Chandra OAM and his family gracefully handed over the reins to Mr. Jitendra Deo and his family.
Mr. Chandra and Mr. Deo and their respective families are no strangers to each other. Both, first generation Australian Indian migrants with eternal mutual bonds as descendants of indentured workers the then British Empire colonial era shipped from beloved motherland India to a land unknown and unfamiliar to their honorable forebears.
Migrating first to Australia in the 1980’s Umesh and Usha with then young family from humble beginnings while building a Real Estate and other Businesses did not shun aware from their social responsibility to the multicultural diverse community, they now call home.
Hence the birth of the now widely read Brisbane Indian Times and later the inauguration of Australia Indian Radio becoming vehicles to express their commitment complimenting their inherent engagement in varied community event and functions.
This exemplary community dedication resulted in the Australia Government’s citation and worthy recognition in bestowing the prestigious OAM to Umesh Chandra, a testament to Umesh’s and of his family unprecedented achievements in service to the Australian multi-cultural community.
These are the proud foundation laid by Mr. Chandra and now the opportunity for Mr. Jitendra Deo and family to build upon and to propel these “Indian” issues in the national and international arena must be maintained, more so with passion and vigor.
To even suggest that the charismatic Mr. Chandra will be taking a back-seat role in news and feature aspects of the “new” Brisbane Indian Times would be unthinkable, like fish out of water. The traditional and faithful readers and supporters are assured that Mr. Chandra will be around for a while in this transition period.
The people’s voice: your voice on issues that matter to you must still be heard and reverberate into to the ears of the Powers that be in municipal, State, National and Global Leaders. We are a “Forth Estate”!!
Mr. Jitendra Deo has bravely taken on the baton as the Publisher and CEO of The Brisbane Indian Times. The soft-spoken former High School Teacher and now successful Electrical contractor and Property Developer and Philanthropist, in paying tribute to Mr. Chandra said “As a businessman and community leader myself, I have been observing Umesh and Usha’s community spirit and dedication for a while now and I learned immensely from their entrepreneurship as first-generation Migrants and their renown services to the community.
Mr. Jitendra added, “I hardly make wrong calculations in my work in the highly charged field as an electrical contractor or Developer, in fact I hardly do, if it means putting my name on any venture. Which I now have the honor to take on the baton and through God’s grace fill this shoe as Publisher of The Brisbane Indian Times.
I thank Umesh ji for laying a solid foundation as a pioneer in Indian cross-media in Australia.
“I am at peace that The Brisbane Indian Times is in the good hands of the Deo family” Mr. Umesh reminisced in contentment.
Put on your readers seat belt as The Brisbane Indian Times sours into new heights with Mr. Jitendra Deo on the helm of leadership as Publisher and CEO supported by a dynamic Editorial team and contributors headed by the Managing Editor Mrs. Shanjeshni Deo.
